Su Hao's plan included a very important link, which was that he had to receive a request for help from Luzon, so that the Ming army would have a legal basis to send troops to Luzon.
Speaking of which, there was no international law in the world at that time. The European powers were all doing things like the jungle and the strong. Invading a country did not require any name. But the Ming Dynasty was different from the European powers. As a country of etiquette and justice, the Ming Dynasty was very particular about one thing.
In order to ensure the legality and rationality of the behavior, although the monarchs and ministers of the DPRK and the DPRK have reached a consensus on marching into Southeast Asia, this name is still indispensable.
Su Hao sent Chen Guanyu and his party to Luzon just to create this kind of legitimacy and rationality. If the Spaniards were massacring the people of Luzon, in the words of later generations, this would mean that a serious "humanitarian disaster" had occurred in the vassal state.
As the sovereign state, the Ming Dynasty naturally could not sit back and watch the occurrence and spread of this disaster, so there was sufficient reason to send troops.
Chen Guanyu has followed Su Hao for many years and is very familiar with Su Hao's evil intentions. He has always done this kind of things for Su Hao, so when he heard that Su Hao sent him to Luzon, he knew that Su Hao wanted to stir up trouble.
of talent.
With this understanding, Chen Guanyu went to the Rancho gold mine to provoke a conflict between the miners and the Spanish. He secretly released the captured Ventura and others and asked them to move rescue troops. He became a Spanish fleet soldier.
When he was near the seaside of Lanchu, Chen Guanyu knew that his goal had been achieved and that the Ming Dynasty had sufficient reasons to send troops.
According to Chen Guanyu's idea, in order to make the play realistic, it would be best to let the Spaniards kill some Luzon residents and cause some murderous crimes. However, Liao Yiming and other soldiers from the survey camp were extremely dissatisfied with his idea.
Agree, the soldiers are not opposed to making excuses, but sacrificing people, even foreign people, in order to make excuses is unacceptable to these soldiers who come from peasant families.
Although there were some flaws in the ointment, Chen Guanyu arranged for people to escort the patriarchs of Lujiacun and several other Luzon villages onto sea ships and headed to Daming for help. Before leaving, Chen Guanyu secretly gave everyone instructions and told them:
When meeting the officials of the Ming Dynasty, they must cry as if the whole village was killed. Only in this way will the Ming Dynasty be willing to send troops.
At this point, Patriarch Lu and others had no other choice. Although the massacre of the villagers by the Spaniards did not happen, everyone hid in the mountains and forests. They could not escape the first grade of junior high school, but not the fifteenth grade. Even if they were not killed by the Spaniards,
, they will starve to death sooner or later if they are trapped in the mountains. Now that they have been deceived by Chen Guanyu and others into a pirate ship, do they have any other way out besides seeking help from the Ming Dynasty?
After a bumpy journey, several patriarchs finally arrived at Songjiang Mansion. Patriarch Lu himself was an overseas Chinese who moved from the Ming Dynasty, and he still had some impressions of the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. The local Luzon patriarchs felt that their eyesight was not enough when they got off the boat.
Everything they see feels fresh and shocking, and the words "Great Kingdom of Heaven" emerge spontaneously from their hearts.
Several Kanyu camp soldiers who were in charge of leading the team took the Luzon clan chiefs into Songjiang City. They came to the Kanyu camp office and asked the guards at the door to go in and report that the Luzon elders had arrived.
After Chen Guanyu and his party were dispatched, Su Hao, together with Deng Zilong and Li Zhi, led the troops to Songjiang Prefecture, training troops while waiting for news from Luzon. Since there was no modern communication method, Su Hao did not know this.
People from Luzon were about to arrive. Su Hao was overjoyed when he heard the guards came in to announce, and quickly ordered the people to be taken to the lobby.
Several Luzon clan chiefs came to the lobby under the guidance of the guards and stood tremblingly below. Then, they heard someone report loudly:
"The Imperial Censor of the Ming Dynasty, the Chief Military Officer Su, has arrived!"
Hearing this voice, several clan leaders looked at each other, knelt down on the ground without any guidance, and kowtowed:
"The common people of the vassal state, Lu Yunchang, come to see Mr. Su, the commander-in-chief of the previous dynasty!"
"The common people of the vassal country..."
"...Kowtow to Master Su!"
Several clan leaders rushed to shout respectful words, and their hearts were full of awe for the Ming officials they were about to meet. The people of these small vassal states in Southeast Asia were different from the Mongols in the north. The Mongols had constant wars with the Ming Dynasty, and they won more than once and lost many times.
Young Master, I don’t have much timidity towards the Ming Dynasty. But in the hearts of the people of the Nanyang countries, the Ming Dynasty is an extremely powerful place. Any official of the Ming Dynasty who just stomps his feet can shake the land of Nanyang for a while.
"You are all fellow villagers from Luzon, please get up quickly." Su Hao came in from the side door and walked behind the public case when he caught up with the clan chiefs shouting greetings. He smiled and waved to everyone, and then
He motioned to the soldiers on both sides to show the clan leaders their seats.
The clan leaders thanked them again and again, and then carefully sat down on the chairs. Su Hao looked at the crowd and asked hypocritically: "Dear fellow villagers, I heard that you all came to our country from Luzon Island all the way and narrowly escaped death.
, I don’t know what business I have to do.”
"This..." Chief Lu turned to look at the other chiefs on the left and right, suddenly stood up, came to Su Hao's case, knelt down again, and said with tears in his eyes: "Master Su, please save us Luzon people!
"
Several other clan leaders were also inspired. They stood up one after another, knelt together with clan leader Lu, and cried loudly: "Save us!"
This burst of tears was brewed by several clan leaders all the way. When they burst out at this moment, it was quite real. It’s just that the clan leaders were all in their sixties or seventies, and the sound of them collectively wailing and crying was hard to hear.
It was more disturbing than the howling of wolves on the grassland. Although Su Hao was somewhat mentally prepared, he also had goosebumps all over his body.
"This... fellow villagers, don't be too sad. Please get up and take your seats. If you have any grievances, just tell me. I will definitely make the decision for you." Su Hao said.
The patriarchs pretended to cry for a while, then stumbled up and returned to their seats. Only then did the patriarch Lu take the lead and tell the story of the Spaniards' invasion of Luzon, seizure of mines, destruction of Buddhist statues, and threats from warships.
After talking about it again, when they talked about the villagers having to hide in the mountains and forests to escape the revenge of the Spaniards, the patriarchs were really sad and couldn't help but shed tears again.
"It's really unreasonable!" Su Hao slapped the case with his hand, "The hateful Hongyi dare to attack our Ming vassal country and want to destroy our Ming Dynasty's majesty? Please rest assured, your affairs are my Ming Dynasty's affairs.
As the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty, I will definitely lead my Ming Dynasty soldiers to Luzon in person to expel the red barbarians and restore your homeland."
"Thank you, General Su!" several clan leaders said together.
"It's just..." Su Hao changed the topic, "This matter of the use of troops is not something I can decide. It must be determined by the will of my Ming Sage. Therefore, you all have to work harder and go to the capital immediately to meet the Sage.
What do you think of reporting the things you just told me to your Majesty to the Holy One again?"
Did the patriarchs have any other opinions? They could only respond in unison: "I am willing to listen to Mr. Su's arrangements!"
"Okay, everyone, you have worked hard all the way, go and rest first, and we will leave for the capital tomorrow." Su Hao explained.
After sending the clan chiefs down, Su Hao ordered his soldiers to invite Deng Zilong, Li Zhi and others, and asked the soldiers from the Kanyu camp who had accompanied the clan chiefs back to introduce the situation in Luzon to everyone. Several soldiers introduced themselves
He recounted what he had seen and heard, and sent Chen Guanyu, Liao Yiming and others information about the Spanish army that they had obtained through interrogating the prisoners.
After reading the intelligence, Deng Zilong laughed and said: "Change it. It's really your fault. I sent a few people over and made the Spaniards in Luzon very upset."
"Win in chaos." Su Hao said with a smile, "General Deng, after reading this information, what do you think about it?"
Deng Zilong said: "What's there to consider? The Spaniards only have more than 20 warships in total, and their firearms are far less sharp than our army. I am sure that I can accomplish all my efforts in one battle. I can annihilate the Spaniards in one battle and put them all to death."
Luzon took it. Now we have to wait for the imperial court's decree to see when the imperial court orders us to set off."
Su Hao looked at Li Zhi again and asked, "Mr. Li, what do you think?"
Li Zhi said: "I heard from Matteo Ricci and others that a few years ago, the Spanish and the English had a great naval battle in Europe. The Spanish Armada suffered heavy losses and lost all its vitality. We want to compete with the Spanish for Luzon.
Now is a good time. If we wait for it to recover, it will be difficult for us to take action again. So, what I mean is, let’s set off immediately without further delay.”
Deng Zilong looked at Li Zhi and asked, "Mr. Li, do you mean that we won't wait for the court's decree?"
Li Zhi said: "The matter of sending troops to Nanyang was decided a year ago. All the court needs is a name. Now the village elders from Luzon have arrived in the Ming Dynasty and begged us to send troops to protect us. The name is already there.
Instead, we can send people to send these village elders to the capital immediately. Let's go first, and the imperial decree will definitely arrive soon."
Deng Zilong nodded: "What Mr. Li said is absolutely true. As the saying goes, an army can move very quickly. We will send troops to Luzon. It will take more than ten days to travel. By the time we fight with the Spaniards, it is estimated that the imperial court's will will be over.
When the time comes, no one will be able to say that we acted without authorization."
Su Hao smiled and said: "We have never acted without authorization from the beginning. I carry the Holy Emperor's secret decree in my arms. We can send troops regardless of the court's decree. Now that Chen Guanyu and the others have opened up the situation in Luzon
, let’s set off as soon as possible.”
Deng Zilong said: "Okay, I will give the order now and let the team start preparing. We can send troops within seven days."
The clan chiefs from Luzon were escorted to the capital the next day. As soon as they left, the Kanyu Camp and Deng Zilong Navy stationed in Songjiang Prefecture began pre-war mobilization. The logistics department was working at full capacity to purchase food and supplies.
Various other application items and a large number of arms and supplies were moved into the cabin of the warship.
In the 23rd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, that is, in the spring of 1595 AD, the Ming Dynasty expedition fleet, consisting of two treasure ships with a capacity of 6,000 yuan, six transport ships with a capacity of 2,000 yuan, six warships with a capacity of 1,000 yuan, and 12 warships with a capacity of 400 yuan, set off from Songjiang Prefecture.
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